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Originally Posted by haertig
But it's not really feasible, unless we get rid of school libraries. So then we're back to the question of what is age appropriate for a children's library. Especially if that library is shared by kids from kindergarten to high school graduation. I think it would be best to have the school libraries service the lowest common denominator and only stock books that are not the slightest bit controversial. And let the parents be the ones to supply the books that are are even slightly controversial.
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I wasn't considering school libraries. I was considering actual Government bans on books for alleged "Think of the Children".
The UK used to ban books and other media much more than now and the Irish Government was worse.
Movies and the home marketed media get age ratings, some of which can be weird and there is little consistency between countries with swearing, any nudity and violence treated differently.
Censoring is a complex issue. Retroactive bans are always very suspicious.